Photography: The Effects Of Negative Space

In addition to framing and distance, this image utilizes the effects of negative space which help to draw attention onto the fishing boat the photo is centered around. The glaring, cloudless white sky is an overwhelming feature of this photograph. It is the photo’s sky that creates negative space and allows us to get an emotional experience from viewing this photograph. This negative space draws our eyes even more towards the subject, which is the hands’ framing and the fishing boat. This white negative space provides a contrast against the positive space of the city subject. The sky that we can see because of our distance from the subject also adds emphasis on the subject of this pristine boat, pared against a dirty harbor. The negative white